Stitch by Stitch : A Stem Stitch Embroidery with Front and Reverse views

Описание: Update - I've had to remove some background nature sounds as a music copyright has claimed ownership although its clearly not a match. I'll work on how to fix this!

In this video we finish the embroidery outline of the first motif. Instead of me talking as we work, I've decided to make a slow stitch video with a (hopefully) unique twist - you get to see Stem Stitch worked from the front and reverse at the same time.

I briefly catch you up the focus of this video and introduce what we're doing. We then carry on the embroidery, working the outline on the first motif - the border folate.

So grab your craft, or if you don't or can't craft for whatever reason, grab a drink and slice of cake and join me for an hour or stitching (or other crafting) and relaxing.

I'm recreating part of the Bayeux Tapestry embroidery using authentic materials and equipment. I want to explore how it was made, the techniques used, the time it took, how the materials and equipment reacted to being used, and how the embroiderers may have made decisions and felt as they worked.

Other project, stitch and Bayeux Tapestry related videos:
Day 2 - Thread Tales:    • Thread Tales: Continuing the Bayeux Tapest...  
Day 1 - Stitching:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation - Starting the ...  
How to embroiderer stem stitch:    • How to Embroider Stem Stitch  
How many stitches does it take:    • How many stitches does it take to make the...  
The Back of the BT:    • The Back of a Bayeux Tapestry inspired emb...  
Transferring the Design:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Transfe...  
Framing up the ground fabric:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Framing Up  
The equipment:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Update ...  
The design:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Design ...  
Introducing the project:    • Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project First U...  

My published analyses can be found here:
'The Front tells, the Story the Back tells the History: a technical discussion of the embroidering of the Bayeux Tapestry', in Making Sense of the Bayeux Tapestry Readings and Reworkings, ed. Anna C. Henderson with Gale R. Owen-Crocker (Manchester University Press, 2016)
'Les six Chateaux de la Tâpisserie de Bayeux: une discussion technique du travail de broderie de la Tapisserie de Bayeux' in L'invention de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, ed. Sylvette Lemagnen, Shirley Ann Brown & Gale Owen-Crocker (Point de Vues, 2018)
The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: the sacred and secular power of embroidery (Oxbow, 2019)

Books in the video:
D.M. Wilson, The Bayeux Tapestry (Thames & Hudson, 1985)


Dr Alexandra Makin
Early Medieval Embroidery
Professional Embroiderer
Textile Archaeologist
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